The users of Facebook who read fake news about COVID-19 and interacted with it will soon receive notifications on the platform, as the company announced today Thursday.
In the coming weeks, users who have liked, shared or commented on false content will receive a pop-up warning in their news feed (news feed). Το μήνυμα θα τους κατευθύνει σε μια ιστοσελίδα του Παγκόσμιου Οργανισμού Υγείας (WHERE), which mentions the myths about the coronavirus.
"We want to link people who may have interacted with harmful misleading information about the virus to the truth from credible sources." Reported Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president for platform integrity.
The system was announced the day after the release of a campaign through Avaaz about their problem fake news of Facebook.
Avaaz investigated 104 Facebook posts and video about the virus and found the content was shared nearly 1,7 million times and garnered 117 million views. They also found that Facebook can take up to 22 days to issue warnings about some misinformation.
